Billy Banks (rugby)

Billy Banks
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Martin Banks
Born(1925-01-11)11 January 1925
Maesteg, Wales
DiedAugust 1991 (aged 66)
Huddersfield, England
Playing information
Rugby union
PositionScrum-half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Maesteg RFC
Rugby league
PositionStand-off, Scrum-half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1946 Leeds 13 3 0 0 9
1946–48 Wakefield Trinity 44 12 3 0 42
1948–56 Huddersfield 281 41 4 0 131
1956–58 Whitehaven 68 5 0 0 15
1959–60 Salford 50 4 0 0 12
Total 456 65 7 0 209
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1954 Combined Nationalities 1 1 0 0 3
1949 British Empire 1 0 0 0 0
1955 Other Nationalities 2 0 0 0 0
1949–53 Wales 17 1 1 0 5
1953–54 Great Britain 2 0 0 0 0
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William Martin Banks (11 January 1925 – August 1991) was a Welsh rugby union and World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Maesteg RFC, as a scrum-half and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales, Other Nationalities, British Empire and Combined Nationalities, and at club level for Leeds, Wakefield Trinity, Huddersfield, Whitehaven and Salford, as a stand-off, or scrum-half.

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